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UN extends Yemen monitor mission by six months |
2019-07-16 |
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The UN Security Council voted unanimously Monday to extend its ceasefire observation mission in the Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... i port city of Hodeidah by six months, until January 15, 2020. It also called on Secretary-General António Guterres ![]() to deploy a full contingent of observers "expeditiously" in the mission, which is mandated to have 75 staff but currently only has 20 on the ground. The text adopted on Monday stressed that the UN mission should "monitor the compliance of the parties to the ceasefire in Hodeidah governorate and the mutual redeployment of forces from the city of Hodeidah and the ports of Hodeidah, Salif, and Ras Issa." The monitors should work with the parties so that the security of the area "is assured by local security forces in accordance with Yemeni law." It also called on all parties involved in the Hodeidah Agreement to support UN efforts by ensuring the safety of the monitors and affording all personnel and supplies swift and unfettered movement. |
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